You Make My Heart Happy

You do! You really do make my heart happy. :) Here's a little grapefruit cardstock paired with some sugar, onyx and gingham (sage, buttercup and sky) cardstocks. I stamped the butterfly in grapefruit ink, the grass in grass ink and the clouds in sky ink. The grass and clouds are from Make a Scene and the butterfly is from Just Because. Love that butterfly stamp! The gingham butterflies, cut out with the butterfly trio dies, are glued only in the middle so that the wings lift off the card. It's a fresh springy card to send to anyone who makes your heart happy. :)

All products are A Muse Studio: www.amusestudio.com/seleise

And, I'm submitting my card to the Flutter By Wednesday's challenge blog. This week's challenge is to create a card for a child using a butterfly, fairy or angel. Check it out and play along.


Have a wonderfully creative day!!!

Bunny Banner

How has it been over a week since I posted? OOPS - I'm so sorry! I had a conference for work and have been working tons of extra hours. Then had some fun family things and now I'm ready to get back to stamping my art out. :) I had my class tonight so some posts will be coming your way soon.

I'll start with a Bunny Banner that was my hostess gift in February. It's sooooooo easy!!! You use the largest Bunny Die shape and cut five petite polka dot bunnies. Then, glitter up 10 mini clothespins. Do 6 in bubblegum glitter and 4 in champagne glitter. Next, take a long piece of vanilla twine, tie loops at both ends and pin your bunnies to the twine. It's just that easy!!! And, isn't it cute? I just love it!!! A great Easter banner or spring banner to hang on your desk at work or on your mantle or across the easter buffet line.
 

 Here's a close-up of the glittery mini clothespins. glittery yumminess, don't you agree?

What do you think?

All products are A Muse Studio and can be purchased in my secure shopping site: www.amusestudio.com/seleise

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderfully creative day!!!

Baby Mini Album

I had fun putting this mini album together for an order (Thanks, Susan!). I used different A Muse Studio cardstocks in the bubblegum and cherry family for the page backgrounds. I used the smallest bunny die to create a bunny theme through-out the album and used Hand-scripted for all of the stamping except for the front cover. Then, there was just a little shimmer and glitter and bling to finish it all off.

The front cover also has some vanilla twine and bubblegum organdy polka dot ribbon layered on top of the shimmer damask cardstock. Love it's shimmery loveliness! 

Sorry for the weird shadows. I took pictures quickly before hitting the road. But, it was nice outside so... :) And, ignore the glue goobers. I rubbed off some excess zip dry and guess I didn't brush it off too well before taking pics. Geesh, I was a mess, wasn't I? lol!

Aren't the bunnies cute in both the felt and the cardstock options? and the hearts too! love the variety!

I used the petite polka dot, shimmer damask and heartbreaker cardstocks with a variety of dies.

So there you go, a cute little baby girl album with room for lots of pics of that precious new baby.

Contact me, if you want to order an album. Or, if you want to make your own, you can purchase supplies at www.amusestudio.com/seleise

Have a wonderfully creative day!

Peeps, Glassine Bags and Washi Tape

What happens when you combine peeps, washi tape and glassine bags? CUTENESS!!! Yep. You heard it here! CUTENESS!!! This is a super simple, not kidding around, easy project that will make the recipient smile from ear to ear.

How do you do it? Easy. Take the spring washi tape pack and place three strips across the medium glassine bag. Die cut the middle sized bunny (a.k.a. peep!) from the bunny die set and pop it up over the washi tape. I used the Bermuda petite polka dot cardstock for my "peep". That's it. Bag done. And, a candy peep fits inside perfectly. Here's the side view.

This bag could be made so different ways for all the different holidays. I can't wait to play with it some more! All supplies are from A Muse Studio and can be purchased online anytime at www.amusestudio.com/seleise

And, check it out!!! Big fun coming in March!!! If you're interested in a booking a home party or doing a book party or placing an order, let me know!

Have a wonderfully creative day!

Happy Birthday!

It's a happy birthday card post!!!! And, it's my birthday so I can pretend the card is for me! It would be the only card that I've gotten out the door on time this year. LOL! :) Hey Cupcake is the featured set on this card. Isn't it a CUTE stamp set!!! And, it's a new product so it's perfect for the A Muse Studio Challenge too! If you have some new products, play along! And, if you don't have any A Muse products, you can still play along! Visit the blog for more details! As a consultant, I can play but can't win so those of you who aren't consultants should definitely play along!

The colors used are Burano and Rialto - both the plain and patterned cardstocks. And, the inks too! These are part of the 2012 Venetian paper line and it's so pretty!!! The cupcake itself is colored with copic markers which means that the images were stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento ink.

Here's the inside. Simple, sweet and will definitely bring a smile to the recipient. :) This is the last of my February card class cards. Time to start thinking about my March class. :)

These are all A Muse Studio products and can be purchased anytime securely on my shopping site: www.amusestudio.com/seleise

Have a wonderfully creative day!

40 something

I just finished (I think) a big project at work. I have three more major projects to get completed in the next two weeks as well as a bunch of personal things too. Whew! I'm tired just thinking about it. :) So, we'll just move on to fun things which includes stamping. :)

Here is the third card from my February card class. This  card features Big Celebrations from A Muse Studio. I LOVE these giant numbers!!!

I experimented with 50 something, 90 something, the Big 40 and more while putting the design together. So many possibilities!!! I can't wait to make some fun one year old and two year old and three year old cards and more! It's hard to tell in this picture but there are stars stamped in pistachio on the pistachio cardstock to give a watermark effect. The base cardstock and the "40 something" are in grape - isn't that color yummy?! And, the contrast cardstock is grapefruit. Pistachio, grape and grapefruit. Great color combo! Don't you agree? And, can you see how the pistachio piece sparkles? I sprayed stardust finishing spray over the top of the stamped piece and then layered it on. The signo white gel pen was used to make the little dots and a twinkle sticker finished off the card. It's a simple card that packs a punch when delivering that special birthday greeting!

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Just Because - February special - SCS Sketch Challenge 363

Hello! I've participated in a couple of SCS CAS challenges and today I decided to play along with a sketch challenge. So much fun and keeps the creative juices flowing, KWIM? :) This is my take on SCS Sketch Challenge 363.

I turned it sideways and used silver metallic washi tape for my middle layering piece. And, I added a little strip of lido as I just wanted a touch of yellow. What do you think?

Here's the inside of the card. I love finishing off a card by stamping inside. The stamp set I used on the outside and inside is Just Because. It's on special this month for 10% off. It's got such a lovely sentiment, doesn't it? And, don't you just love the font!!! The cardstock is also on special this month. It's the Urban Wildflower pack - seattle, lido, pebble, vanilla and bermuda. Such a pretty combo of colors! I used Lido, Bemuda, Seattle and Pebble above. Here's more info on the special: https://www.amusestudio.com/studio-spotlight-february-2012.asp

Here's a variation on the same stamp set using the same papers. It's a stamp set with great possibilities - friendship, birthday, just because, pick-me-up and more. The inks are the same colors as the papers - seattle, lido and pebble. I did the sentiments in memento black just because I liked the contrast. :)

All products used are by A Muse Studio. www.amusestudio.com/seleise

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